How many of you are in the military?
 

Just noticed there have been a few post where some of you have mentioned military service. How many forum members are in the military (active and prior)? I'm active duty Air Force for the last 14 years but I've been a military brat all my life...:beerchug:

Ex-Army Infantry here.Gulf War Vet too.

Military brat here myself I chose the college path instead but my job is para-military.

Lance what unit were you in my father has in the gulf war too?

Was with the 101st Airborne.

My dad just retired after 32 years in the Navy. :punk:

My two AI's in HS one was 82nd the other was a mixed unit Brits, and Americans. And the SAI my Jr. Year was a Green Berrett, won't tell us where when or what...lol

Fathers was Airforce, was guna go Navy, but parents talked me into business school here...we'll see if Dubya decides to go into Korea or Iran I might go ahead and enlist...lol numbers are low as hell, and I think i still get PFC/Specialist for college/jrotc credit...oh well we'll see....

How many years did u serve Lance?

Just a little over 5.Was a E6 when I got out.

Thats a Staff Sergent if i'm correct for you non military folk

Im ex USAF 1996-2000. :punk:

Air Force Enlisted rank

E1 = Airman Basic
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = Staff Sergeant
E6 = Technical Sergeant
E7 = Master Sergeant
E8 = Senior Master Sergeant
E9 = Chief Master Sergeant

Active duty Sgt in the Marines. 7 years.

E1 = Dipshyt
E2 = Airman
E3 = Airman 1st Class
E4 = Senior Airman
E5 = LIFER
E6 = LIFER
E7 = LIFER
E8 = LIFER
E9 = LIFER

Hehehehehe

I made staff my first time testing, my sew on date was a week after my enlistment was up. funny thing is i kinda tried to bomb the test. I liked being a senior airman, i still got to go out to the job sites and work, all the Ssgt +'s had to sit behind a desk all day.

ironically enough, i sit behind a desk all day now that im out, but at least they pay the **** outta me. <laugh>

Thats air force, Lance is Army. In the Army an E6 is a Staff Sergent

Yeah...that's why I put Air Force Enlisted rank at the top of it...::p

Guess I qualify as a lifer...the only sh!tty thing is, SSgts and up don't get a desk in my career field...:wallbash:

Whats yer job?
I was a telecommunications tech. Riding around in the truck, pulling fiber, going on jobs, crawling through ceilings, hittin on the girls at the medical centers. ROFL
good times. <grin>

Crew Chief on the B-1B. Up until a few years ago, TSgts didn't even set foot on the flight line except to sign off forms for the jets or to take a look at something if it was severely f**ked up. No such luck for me. I work more as a Tech than I EVER did as an airman...:wallbash:

And EVERYONE hits on the med chicks!!!:devil2:

ROFL Yah. Med chicks are hot. <grin>

Heh, didnt mess with the planes much when i was in, however, I remember one time the NAOC plane (i think it was NAOC, maybe NAIC, anyways, it was the one that carrys the NUCLEAR-FUGGIN-WEAPON LAUNCH CODES) landed in WPAFB, and they had a cable spool with a plug that they plug into the plane to get landline phone access.

Anyways, it wasnt working. Me and my supervisor(who happened to be masta killer's brother) were the unfortunate bastards who had to respond. I swear to god everytime i reached in my tool bag i had a freakin 9mm jammed in my temple.. I can understand the need for the security, but man, i dont like having guns pulled on me. <laugh>

We were in that damn plane for about 1/2 hour, and several times i thought i was gonna get carried out in a body bag. Those guys dont play at all. Hard-To-The-Core
ROFL

Good times. LMAO

i been in the air force since april of 2003. been a senior airman for a few months not really ready to be a staff dont want to write EPRS and have troops under me. going to kunsan in 2 months and to ramstein afterwards.

We get the NAOC jets out here quite a bit...can't get within 1000 yards of 'em without attracting all kinds of attention...

i work on AGE equipment crew cheifs hate us. when i was hangin out with some friends on al udeids flightline i almost got jacked up by a SP that was gaurding a J Star. i got more then 10 feet away from my escort. in iraq i could go up to every aircraft on base without getting looked at twice even when i got some snaps of the predator and other UAVs the air force and army have.

I thought it was the other way around. I've never met an AGE troop that had a nice thing to say about crew chiefs. I don't hate AGE troops, but I do hate some of the crappy equipment that you guys are unlucky enough to have to try and keep together for us. :beerchug:

all of the drinking buddies i have are crew chiefs.

It's one of the only things were really good at... :beerchug: :beerchug: :beerchug:

My parents talked me out of it multiple times, but if the call goes out, I'd volunteer to be a crew chief on one of the utility helicopters, UH-60, maybe a medevac or the UH-1's... well I hope I'd score on that test to become one, but you know... if the call goes.

I was active duty Navy for 4 years. Left as a LT. I was an engineerng officer on the USS Tarawa and served in the Gulf War. Then, I was in the Navy IRR for about 4 years and eventually become a Capt. in the Army National Guard. I was an S-4 Officer for the 28th Div 109th FA. I served in the Guard for 4 years and separated from all military service in 2002.

Me and my wife are both army brats. LOL I'm 45 she's 41, years old. My Dad was Sergeant Major. And my Father in law was a Command Sergeant Major. We both grew up in pretty strict environments. Which is why I chose to go into the industrial mechanic field at 19 years old. Anything other than the military. I lived it from my earliest memories. I have school friends who I have known since 1st grade that are retired military now. Some decorated war heros in the Granada and Faulkland campaigns. Now they get retirement pay plus are still working good jobs. Plus I lost a few friends too. Any war doesn't come without casualties. :( . But I live 4 miles from Ft. Bragg and I am proud to hear the ground shake when they are doing live round practice in the wee hours of the morn. I love the sound of Howitzers busting ass at 3 AM. :yawn:

haha thats gotta be awsome, they did some live fire while one summer I was at Ft. A.P Hill, and they took us up in a UH-60...OMG i love that thing! Summer Camp at Ft. AP HILL was one of the highlights of my H.S. experience...

Active duty Air Force, almost 10 yrs. E-5. Currently a Flight Engineer. Used to fly on C-5's now I'm switching over from AMC to AFSOC on the AC-130 @ Herbie field.

I am in the Marine Corps Reserves, this is my first year in. I only been in the fleet for 6 months now... I am switching to active duty in June... getting tired or retarded ass civilians all the time...